Gabie Berliner, an 82-year-old who fled Nazi Germany in 1936, said she nearly missed her big chance to visit the inspiring landmark.

“I was a baby when my parents and I came from Hitler’s Germany. So this was the first sight that they had,” she said. “As the ferry grew close, I really got choked up, thinking of the millions of people who found refuge here. We wouldn’t have survived if they hadn’t left.”

Berliner, who now works as a social worker in San Fran​c​isco, added, “Thank you to the Governor. I’m here for a few days and I was determined [to see it].”

The vote came after a bipartisan group of negotiators kickstarted a deal Monday morning in which Democrats vowed to support the reopening, if Republicans hold a vote resolve the status of undocumented immigrant youth by mid-February, according to the paper.

“We came and it was closed. We were surprised but we went back today,” Marco Maroadi, 50, a hotel receptionist from Verona, Italy.

“If it was closed again, I don’t know what we would do,” he said.

Mike Kenny, a 27-year-old business owner from Liverpool, England, added, “You can’t come to New York and say you didn’t go to the Statue of Liberty.”“It’s a symbol of America,” he said. “It’s like closing down Buckingham Palace.”

Others were happy it reopened because they hold a torch for the big green gal.

“I think it’s the most beautiful attraction in New York,” said Simon Fean, 27, a bank worker from Sydney, Australia. “I’m glad it was open today.”

“You can’t come to New York and say you didn’t go to the Statue of Liberty,” said Mike Kenny, a 27-year-old business owner from Liverpool, England.

Paying for federal workers’ salaries was a smart move for the state, which stands to gain far more in revenue from tourists, Cuomo said Sunday.

The state arranged with the US Department of Interior to temporarily pay federal workers’ salaries out of its tourism budget. The deal includes Ellis Island and will last until the shutdown ends.

It was also good news for New Yorkers who work on Liberty Island, employees said.

“I think [Cuomo] is doing what’s best for the people who work here,” Nicholas, 27, who works in photo concession on Liberty Island. “We have bills that have to get paid”

The federal shut down began Saturday morning as Democrats and Republicans were deadlocked over Trump’s proposed Mexican border wall and policies that affect the fate of immigrants who came to the US illegally as children.

In 2013, during a similar shutdown, it took the state 13 days to reopen Lady Liberty.